We’ve heard of kids getting in trouble for graffiti. But sidewalk chalk?

A Colorado community is trying to stop local children from coloring on their pristine sidewalks, CBS4 Denver reports. Specifically, the Denver neighborhood of Stapleton wants 3-year-old Emerson Cohen to stop scribbling.

Kids in Denver already have a curfew -- but to Sarah Cohen (Emerson's mother), a ban on chalk seems particularly draconian.

The ban will ultimately need to be approved or rejected by Cohen's Stapleton neighbors.

While this isn't the first time chalk has created controversy -- it was a tool used in the Occupy Wall Street movement to spread the "99%" message -- the backlash from the community in response to Cohen's daughter’s doodles has surprised her.

Kids not being allowed to use sidewalk chalk in the summer -- what's next, a ban on ice cream?